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{cruple; Opium five grains; Ointment of ofes fifteen ounces ; Oy!

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This formula was extracted automatically from a historical source and published directly for live editorial inspection. It may contain OCR, title, botanical-identity, ingredient, structure or safety errors. Do not use it as treatment, dosage or self-care guidance.

Source: A physicall directory, or, a translation of the London dispensatory made by the Colledge of Physicians of London : and by them imposed upon all the apothecaries of England to make up their medicines by. And in this third ed. is added a Key to Galen's Method of physick by Culpeper, Nicholas, 1616-1654 (1651), paragraph-3544.

Ingredients or materials as extracted

  • Opium five grains

Method as extracted

    Live editorial status

    This record was published without a human-review gate by site policy. Automated flags at publication: no primary ingredient taxon link, title ingredient mismatch, quality score below 70, promotion title hygiene failed, missing instructions, not herbal remedy, not marked promotable, critical hazard archive only. Publication makes the source extraction inspectable; it does not verify identity, completeness, efficacy or safety.

    Modern safety boundary

    Toxic / do not self-use

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    • Historical formula: ingredient identity, strength, contamination risk and terminology may differ from modern practice.
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    • The historical use wording does not establish modern clinical effectiveness.
    • Automated review flags: controlled or narcotic.
    Sources & editorial standard

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    Primary and supporting references

    1. A physicall directory, or, a translation of the London dispensatory made by the Colledge of Physicians of London : and by them imposed upon all the apothecaries of England to make up their medicines by. And in this third ed. is added a Key to Galen's Method of physick — A physicall directory, or, a translation of the London dispensatory made by the Colledge of Physicians of London : and by them imposed upon all the apothecaries of England to make up their medicines by. And in this third ed. is added a Key to Galen's MethPrimary source for the extracted ingredients and method at paragraph-3544.
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